00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862485924 Buklod 20230916140058.0 m | | ta 230718s2004 nyua rb |001 0|eng 0415934419 (pbk. : alk. paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00047156141 BG-17741 Gift DLC BAG rda eng HF 1713 G56 2004 Global tensions challenges and opportunities in the world economy edited by Lourdes Beneria and Savitri Bisnath. New York, NY Routledge 2004. vii, 336 pages illustrations 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. Globalization and global governance. Toward a stark utopia? New constitutionalism and the politics of globalization / Stephen Gill ; Tax distortion in the global economy / Howard M. Wachtel ; Human rights and corporate profits: the UN Global Compact - part of the solution or part of the problem? / Diane Elson ; Cross-border externalities and international public goods: implications for aid agencies / Ravi Kanbur. -- Pt. 2. North-South tensions. Financial-sector liberalization and the Asian financial crisis: the IFIs got it wrong twice / Iwan J. Azis ; Developing countries and the new financial architecture / Stephany Griffith-Jones ; Globalization: eight crises of social protection / Guy Standing. -- Pt. 3. The politics of international trade. Biotechnology and food security: profiting on insecurity? / Philip McMichael ; The WTO, GATS, and TPRM: servicing liberalization and eroding equity goals? / Savitri Bisnath ; Labor standards, women's rights, basic needs: challenges to collective action in a globalizing world / Naila Kabeer ; Contesting global trade rules: social movements and the World Trade Organization / Marc Williams. -- Pt. 4. Gender, globalization, and development. Utilizing interdisciplinarity to analyze global socio-economic change: a tribute to Ester Boserup / Irene Tinker ; Development and productive deprivation: male patriarchal relations in business families and their implications for women in South India / Barbara Harriss-White ; Promoting women's capabilities / Martha Nussbaum. -- Pt. 5. Urban and global linkages. The global city: strategic site/new frontier / Saskia Sassen ; Urban tensions: globalization, economic restructuring, and the postmetropolitan transition / Edward W. Soja ; Urban transport and tensions in developing countries / Eduardo Alcântara De Vasconcellos. Free trade. Foreign trade and employment. Globalization Economic aspects. Globalization Social aspects. Anti-globalization movement. International economic relations. Benería, Lourdes editor. Bisnath, Savitri 1965- editor. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HF 1713 G56 2004 Book